Pacific Northwest Auto Tour Draws California Visitors
About 250000 motorists from California are expected to tour the Pacific Northwest this year en route to Oregon Washington and British Columbia. Merbert Cuthbert of the Pacific Northwest Tourist Association says 100 percent more than last year will see California plates along the Pacific highway. A wall edition map for distribution has been arranged and demand from California is high for information bureau displays.
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California
Pacific
Sinn Fein Averts Break in Treaty Fight
Eamon de Valera told the Sinn Fein convention in Dublin that opposing factions have reached an agreement and a three month adjournment will occur while a constitution for the Irish Free State is framed. The bail remains functioning in all departments during recess. Marquis Go Mel, an express messenger, is dead in Alamosa following a train robbery with $11,000 taken.
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Eamonn de Valera
Sinn Fein
Griffith
Collins
de Valera
Alamosa
Colo
Marquis Go Mel
Bandite
Denver & Rio Grande
Roma Crash at Langley Field Kills 34 as Rudder Fails
The Roma airship plunged over Langley Field near Norfolk amid a 650 foot descent. Captain Mabry and Lieut Burt struggled with a failing rudder and elevator lever, many crew and passengers died burning, and a court of inquiry began to determine blame.
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United Press
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Army Air Service
Washington
Army
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Lieut
Burt
Old Home Town notes and local plans in Chehalis and Aberdeen
The Carlton Pass Highway association forms in Chehalis to link Eastern Lewis county through Carlton Pass to the Yakima county main highway system. Aberdeen Rotarians mark 17th founding anniversary with a banquet featuring a speech from Paul H. Harris via amplifier from Chicago. A series of student movie matinees begins February 27 under the Aberdeen Parent-Teacher Association at the Bijou theater. Rainier school faces influenza. potential closure. Wilson Brothers’ Aberdeen mill starts construction on a new dry kiln, due for completion before April 15. Puyallup high junior class presents Green Stockings to fund the junior prom. A report on the Roma airship crash states 210 or 2:10 wing collapse times. Langley airship training school largely wiped out. crew including original Roma members perished. Army inquiry board named Majors Davenport Johnson, J. H. Jouett, Joseph T. MacNarney. Gen. Patrick leads cursory wreck examination and will report to Washington.
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Army Board of Inquiry
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J. H. Jouett
Joseph T. MacNarney
Patrick
Washington
Board of Inquiry
War Department
Diamond Dyes Advertises Easy Garment Dyeing
An old advertisement touts Diamond Dyes for reviving worn garments and draperies. It promises rich fadeless colors, guarantees no streaking or running, and instructs buyers to specify fiber type wool silk linen cotton or blends to ensure correct results.
Cousin Emil Miffed Takes Dig at Kin
Chicago reports Cousin Emil Burgy insults his prospective inlaws the McCormicks of Zurich and New York. He brags of Napoleonic ancestry while criticizing Marold McCormick for denying him access to the engagement.
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Chicago
Mimi" Burgy
Min
Max Oner
Zurich
Switzerland
Mathilde McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
McCormicka
Marold Fr. McCormick
Napoleon
McCormicks
Par Bett
House of Burgy
Says Over Is Not an Ordinary Groom
San Dingo reports Max Over an Zurich riding academy instructor engaged to Mathilde Mo. Cormick granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, is misrepresented claims Adolph Meyer of San Diego. Meyer says Over is educated in history and painting at Zurich University, not just a groom. He notes Over born in Basle, five feet ten inches tall and 47 or younger, who founded a riding academy after leaving university.
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University of Zurich
Meyer
Over
Basle
Switzerland
British air council sends condolences over Roma tragedy
London February 22. Sir Frederick Guest, air minister, cabled the Air Council's profound condolences to Secretay Weeks for the loss of the Roma with many valuable lives. The message passed through the British embassy in Washington. Earth experiences 70 000 ton solar pressure from sunlight.
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British Air Council
Roma
Frederick Guest
Washington
Lethal gas executions spark protest and debate
The debate over lethal gas as a form of execution grows with protests accusing it of cruelty. Descriptions outline a death house and gas delivery, with witnesses and procedural doubts. The case centers on Hughie Sing and Gee Jon as potential test subjects if the Supreme Court does not intervene.
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Gee
Gov. Boyle
Lot
Ix Wit
Neewen
Supreme Court
Hughie Sing
Mathematica
Gee Jon
San Francisco
Chinatown
Dainty Singer Hunt Ends With Fur Coat Find
McCurdy, Metropolis theater manager, sought Japanese soprano Tamaki Miura at the Hotel Washington. A fur coat and hat led him to locate Miura, who was busy with a telegram. Miura, four and a half feet tall, remained at the chair as the chase wrapped up. Funeral services for musician R. Lindersmith are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in Seattle. The St Louis department store offers free customer parking in a large garage.
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Metropolitan Theater
Tamaki Miura
McCurdy
Met
R. Pm. Lindersmith
The
University Undertaking Co
Lindersmith
Seattle
Dora Lindersmith
Marie Pontius
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